Phil Thompson

Hi all. Once again im about to do a Scene for my feature film 'Essex Stargate'. It's a scene in a bedroom that involves a dying old woman and her daughter. I'm renting one Cooke s4 18mm and one 35mnm Cooke. Shooting Super 35mm 250D fuji Stock. Any ideas will help. I was thinking of covering everything not in shot, in Black commando blackout fabric. I have 3 red heads with blue gels. Ideas? Here is the space:

500 for an arri-3 mag? YOu think im a mug?

Hello, Does anyone have experience of using Cinematography's Intervalometer? One came with my Arri-4 and I'm dying to use it. Apparently the exposure time is 1/3 of a second. Why doesn't my Light meter have 1/3rd of a second on it? Fukin sekonic piece of poop... So whats the deal with this. take 25 frames every minute for 25 minutes and have one 25 seconds worth of footage. Sounds good. But how do you compensate for the dramatic shift in light value? keep metering and adjusting as you go?

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=yWZe8m7wLsA

If you were given a 35mm Cooke s4 lens for your Arri-3 and the brief was bring me back something beautiful on film. What would you do?

Do you use them. Sound lovely. What are they used for? How much?

Chris Cunningham got the vibe right.

Don't see a pm

lol

Shoot 35mm u mug

Big fan of Mike Jittov. Genius. I was wondering if anyone knew how he got his fast camera shots? Go to around 1:20 - it was the stuff where its the point of view of the camera, racing through the streets and over the Goldengate bridge. Was this done by mounting it on a car, driving normally and just speeding the footage up afterwards? Or shooting at 8fps? Or what? looks SOOOO GOOOD!!

Anyone?

Concentrate on making good films instead of wasting your life on lens flair. That is all. :-P

Tom, dont spoil the buzz!.:-P. What in your opinion is the DON lens? P

Anyone ever used one of these its Zeiss 1.3 35mm ??? Looks the nuts!

hey Thank you Adam for replying with some expert advice. Firstly we can't get outside, as we're on the 4th floor. I was thinking of setting up colored bottles and stuff to block out the light, make it interesting. This light you mention in the bathroom. How does that work? Have the door open half way and put it behind and point it towards the camera so it shines through the door crack? I can make the set look interesting by using fabrics, lots of piles of tea bags, crisp packets. Maybe get a massive picture for the wall. that could be funny. Nice huge print. Dunno if thats feasable tho.

nothing wrong wiht bounching a 2K of a ceiling if that comment was a dig at me. obviously i dont represent british film makers DURRRR.

God i'm a plum :(

Hiy Guys, Thinking of getting these. What do ya reckon? http://london.craigslist.co.uk/pho/3062599234.html

Thanks for this info. I think the lighting of the house is flush with the ceiling. Which would lead me to believe they are Halogen. How does Halogen mix with Daylight? Yeah the toaster shot sounds complex but it isn't really. Im aware i need two batteries on the arri-3 to achieve the speed. And i set my meter to 120fps to compensate. Its just a pyro charge with sparks then i film it thrown in the air. etc.. be fine. Yeah i shouldn't use the lens at 1.3 should I. That's bad isnt it? Makes the picture look vignetted. I need to be running the lens at f4 right? For max Res? or Is that all a load of rubbish and 1.3 is actually fine? The bathroom should be cold, you're right. mmmm I just wanted to create a nice contrast. What color should I make it then?

Thanks Freya :D I was thinking of maybe using a pro mist filter. but im scared. It could looks awful. Maybe i wont. I wanted this scene to be very emotional as basically an old woman gets electrocuted by putting a fork in the toaster. im gonna do a mad 120fps shot of the toaster sparking then flip it slow mo, have it land on the floor etc, should be well funny. Gutted we just have the one lens but you know. limitation is good etc etc. \yeah the redheads will probably do jack. Probably end up using them as an Eye-light. I'll sling one in the bathroom to light that area up more too. Maybe warm it up which a amber gel. that would work right?

Panavision are lending me this one lens. ZSS35 - 35MM T1.3 ZEISS DISTAGON (PL) Thoughts? We've only budget for the one lens. Im now told we have no HMI'S just 3 x red heads. Im going to put them high and add the blue color correction gel and bounce them onto the ceiling. Will be plenty enough light for that lens. Was thinking, do you think i should use any filters? I can shoot with either: 160 Vivid T 250D 250T 500T I was thinking go with 250D Good idea?

Jesus, Craigslist is full of hardcore next level stitch up merchants. Some weirdo trying to sell a Moviecam on there. He's based in the Shetland Islands would you believe. mmmmm OK! well dodgy

This looks appealing to me for my new Arri-3. Does this lens ring any bells? Any good? http://london.craigslist.co.uk/pho/3048326212.html